This is th Jizo we know and love, the Jizo full of awesomeness, compassion and furtitude. Jizo does not get angry, nor does he ever give up, even when trampled and stepped upon like earth. He guides us on our travels, gives power to those who are weak>>

"Wow, that's weird." That's how two women in their 30s described the three stones in front of them -- two of them upright like transplants from Stonehenge with a third, cube-shaped rock on top, reminding one of a die held up between two fingers.

For about 18 months from March 1946, a government-approved recuperation center was set up to perform abortions on women returning from mainland Asia. Many had been raped by Soviet soldiers in the waning days of World War II.